GRIZZLIES REBOUND FROM CRUSHING LOSS TO CLIPS

O.J. Mayo scored 10 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and the Memphis Grizzlies bounced back to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 105-98 on Wednesday night.

The Grizzlies blew a 27-point lead in losing Game 1 on Sunday night and letting the Clippers grab home-court advantage in the best-of-seven, first-round Western Conference series. They got back to their physical style and evened the series.

All-Star guard Chris Paul led the Clippers with 29 points. Blake Griffin had 22, and Mo Williams and Nick Young 11 apiece.

The Grizzlies had the lead going into the fourth quarter for a second straight game. This time, the Clippers got no closer than four.

Memphis led 75-69 at the start of this fourth quarter, and Paul’s four-point play with 8:06 left got the Clippers to 83-79. The Grizzlies answered with Conley scoring on a driving layup, followed by another three from Mayo. Bobby Simmons, starting with Caron Butler out with a broken left hand, scored seven of his nine points in the fourth.

It wasn’t enough as Gay and Randolph combined to score six straight points with Gay’s basket giving Memphis its biggest lead of the night at 97-84 with 3:52 remaining. The Grizzlies sealed the victory by hitting six of 10 free throws in the final 47.6 seconds.

Spurs 114, Jazz 83: Tony Parker scored 18 points and host San Antonio handed Utah its second-worst playoff loss, routing the Jazz to take a 2-0 series lead. The only bigger embarrassment for the Jazz in the playoffs was a 42-point loss to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls in the 1998 NBA Finals. It was the most lopsided postseason win for the Spurs since beating Denver by 28 in 2005. San Antonio’s playoff record is a 40-point victory over Denver in 1983.

Tim Duncan finished with 12 points and 13 rebounds for the Spurs, and Kawhi Leonard had 17 points.

Game 3 is Saturday night in Salt Lake City.

Pacers 97, Magic 74: Danny Granger had 26 points and nine rebounds, Roy Hibbert added 18 points and 10 rebounds, and visiting Indiana beat Orlando to a take a 2-1 lead in the first-round series. The Pacers regained home-court advantage with the victory, riding good shooting early and building a 29-point lead in the fourth quarter. They also dominated scoring underneath thanks to a 46-33 rebounding edge and have outscored the Magic 81-43 in the third quarter in the series.

Game 4 is Saturday in Orlando.

Elsewhere

Tyson Chandler, the catalyst for the Knicks’ defensive improvement, was voted the NBA’s Defensive Player of the Year. Chandler beat out Oklahoma City’s Serge Ibaka and three-time champion Dwight Howard of Orlando to become the first Knicks player to win the award.

• Suns forward Channing Frye had surgery on his right shoulder. Dr. Lewis Yocum performed the procedure in Anaheim. Frye was injured April 21 against Denver and missed the season’s final two games. He averaged 10.5 points and 5.9 rebounds in 64 games.